1905.] Formation of Permanent Pastures. 



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hay crops and pastures produced on the unmanured land 

 (Plot VI 1 1 A.) and on the manured land (Plot VIIIb.), also 

 the seed-rate, the number of seeds, and the cost of the seeds 

 sown. 



Table IV.— Effects of Manure on Elliot's Mixture. 













Character of Pastures. 

























Seeds-Mixture. 





VIIlA.- 





VIIIb. — 10 cwt. 











No Manure. 



Basic Slag. 



Plants sown. 









No. of 

 Plants 







No. of 

 Plants 









No. 

 in 









ra 







bp 



'S ■ 



thou- 

 sands. 



in 

 1905. 



in 

 thou- 



< 3 



u 



Weigh 

 Hay 



in 

 thou- 



Aie 



ccupi 



'53 mh 









sands. 



0 



sands. 



0 





Perennial red 







s. d. 





°/ 



% 





% 



To 



clover 



2'0 



427 



2 4 



54 



I "2 



. : 2-6 



43 



17 



2 '9 



Alsyke clover 



2'0 



1,407 



2 2 







o-6 





T "7 



White clover 



2'0 



1,434 



2 O 



163 



8 ; 7 







43"4 



TO" C 



Kidney vetch 



2'S 



472 



2 I 



0 



0, ■) 





O 



0 



0 



Italian rye- 





1,069 

















grass 





I 2 



490 



10-4 



' 377 



1 522- 



9' 



31 "0 



Cock's-foot... 



DO 



2,420 



O O 



185 



257 



8-9 



2l6 



11 -6 



i4'4 



Meadow 















fescue 



5-0 



I,l68 



3 1 















Tall fescue... 





964 





|370 



25-9 



34*1 



370 



io-6 



23-0 



2'0 



4 0 











Ilrn-d fescue.. 



2"0 



I,IIO 



1 2 



141 



3-6 



I 'O 



98 



I'2 



1 -o 



Tall oat-grass 



30 



373 



3 3 













VJ»JiU.CII UdL" 





















grass 



0'5 



560 



1 6 



21 



0-3 



q-8 



II 



0*2 



OS 



Rough - 





1,084 









) 



{ 185 





stalked poa 



0'5 



0 10 



163 



3-0 



^ 2' 2 



2-6 ; ] 



i-8 



Smooth- 















stalked poa 



2-0 



3,162 



1 6 



152 



2:3 





I 294 



5 -oj 





Burnet 



8-o 



518 



3 4 



54 



07 



0'4 



I I 



03 



Trace 



Chicory 

 Sheep's 



2-0 



569 



2 4 



32 



07 



Trace 



43 



1.0 



o'5 















parsley 



I'd 



195 





0 



0 



0 





0 





Yarrow- 



1 -o 



3,334 



5 6 



119 



8-5 



i'5 



185 



9 "9 



0-9 



Weeds 









54 





*7'5 



43 



07 



3 '4 



Bare space... 











5'9 







17 





Total ... 



45'5 



20,254 



42 IO 



1,998 



IOO'O 



99'3 



2,238 



99-8 



1 00 - 6 



* Includes 37 per cent, of timothy not sown. 



A point upon which Mr. Elliot insists strongly is that the 

 presence of deep-rooting plants in a seeds-mixture renders the 

 pasture independent of manure.t His experience may justify 

 this conclusion for his own farm. If so, it merely proves that 

 his land is fairly well supplied with phosphates, potash, and the 



t "Agricultural Changes and Laying Down Land to Grass," 3rd Edition, 

 Chap. vii. 



